For a number of years I’ve wanted to start a business to transport kids to their activities. I know the concept of Uber for kids already exist in some places but it’s not near me.

I start thinking about how I could recruit some drivers, run some background checks and then start recruiting weary parents who are tired of driving. Then I think about the logistics of all of it and take a walk instead lol

  • queenofwands37@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    You’d have to recruit drivers that also have a background in child care which doesn’t sound too difficult

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    10 months ago

    Uber for kids is really an idea i would strongly not recommend.

    i like it in theory, but in practice this is a legal minefield. go start a business absolutely, but i strongly encourage you to avoid this particular one.

    1. police checks - that doesn’t mean the drivers wont do anything
    2. what happens in a car crash
    3. what happens if the driver has a temper and the kids start crying or being disruptive and the driver looses it?
    4. what happens if the driver goes to the wrong location
    5. what happens is whoever is meant to pickup isnt there or is the wrong person
    6. what happens if the kids puke in the back of the car
    7. what happens if the kid has a medical emergency in the car
    8. depending on how young how do you deal with carseats
    9. what happens to the driver if they get stopped by the cops for speeding, with two random kids in the back and detained an the kids dont even know their home tel number or address.

    there are so many variables that could go wrong even in a softplay kids club, let alone in a ‘freelancers’ car, even if they are verified and have a camera in the car.

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    10 months ago

    For all the concerns about this idea… School buses are literally Uber for kids on a large scale.

    Seems to me that many of the “problems” have been addressed by that industry.

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      10 months ago

      I hate Uber.

      50/50 chance I’m going to be saying prayers the whole time that we don’t get in an accident due to their insane driving.

      But Uber is not like school buses, and these are questions that speak to exactly why my kids will NEVER be on a school bus.

      • Did they ever get seat belts?
      • Does anybody monitor the kids?
      • Who are the bus drivers?
      • Who are the other kids?
      • Is the bus track-able by me on my phone?
      • When were the suspension, brakes, and tires last checked and what’s their parameter for “passing”.
      • What if my kid has an emergency, what happens?
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        10 months ago

        Half of your questions seem like you don’t think the school district knows about liability and the rest make you seem like a helicopter parent.

        If you feel that strongly about a bus, you should homeschool

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          10 months ago

          I’d disagree. If that person feels that strongly, I’d advise them to let other people help raise and round their children. Drop them off so they experience the world in a relatively safe manner before the scary part starts.

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    10 months ago

    Back when I was doing more game development stuff in the 2000s, I had this idea to make a bespoke video game studio. The idea was that once we had a team of devs and artists in place and working smoothly together, we could pitch corporate clients to have a video game as part of their marketing.

    It never became anything more than an idea, and I’ve long since moved on to another industry, but the pitch would probably be even more effective today. Imagine a fitness model or a band spending $20k to have a little video game with all their branding in it. If it was one of those “play for a few minutes once per day” type games, that’s a lot of daily brand exposure for each player.

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    10 months ago

    A car wash but for mattresses. Being able to wash a mattress on a regular basis seems like a good idea. Unfortunately, there are too many different material types in a mattress for this to work.

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    10 months ago

    Get Stuffed- a restaurant with all the world’s different dumplings What a crock- frozen ready to go in your crock pot dinners.

    An app for hospitality, event workers, and businesses to connect qualified hospitality and / or retail staff with businesses to post jobs when people call in sick, seasonal help, or for support for events. WorkMatch. Workers could rate the businesses, and the businesses could rate the workers.

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    10 months ago

    An app which shows happening places near you. For example you’re in a new city and want to explore, you can just open the app and see nearby happening places. It can be anything like happy hours, pizzeria with buy one get one offer, and can be n number of things. The app would be just like any other social media app where anyone could post and scroll. All the posts would expire in 24 hours.

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    10 months ago

    A snap chat style filter that uses AI to suggest haircuts / styles that fit your head shape and body type. Then it’ll output an explanation for the barber to follow. I’m no programmer but I could definitely use this service.

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    10 months ago

    Yeah this is very tricky. One problem: most well-trained nannies won’t get paid enough to make it worth it. It’s already hard to find a good candidate to drive your kids to activities, because that’s only 1-2 hours of work tops, and it means the nanny isn’t able to take another job. After-school is prime nanny time, and a good nanny charges ~$27 an hour on average. So they’d rather take a 3-4 hour job that doesn’t require constant driving vs 1-2 hours of pick-up/drop-off.

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    10 months ago

    The biggest problem is how to mitigate the risk as delivering children through an agency may be seen as risky by the parents.

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      10 months ago

      This OP.

      Lots of legality stuff.

      It’s not Uber where the customers are adults and are held accountable for their actions, etc.

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    10 months ago

    I had several ideas:

    A dating app where women had to make the first move.

    A site where models would place their pictures and videos and people would pay to see them.

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    10 months ago

    I started working on my startup and came up with a way better idea. Like change the world and how people work. I’m not normally the type to drink my own kool aid because it’s a rookie move, but I genuinely love this idea. I’m working on it in the background